noun a general and progressive increase in prices.
— synonyms: rising_prices
noun (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang.
noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.
— synonyms: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness